Troop 881

Philmont Trek 1997

Crew 713 U-1

BEEN THERE - DONE THAT

GOT THE ARROWHEAD!

Go see the Pictures

Here is how we trained:

Training

Saturday Feb 22

• Full pack 10-12 mile day hike - East Fork Lake

March 21 - 23

• Full Backpack 10-12 mile Buckeye Trail, North Loop at East Fork

April 11 - 13 - Philmont/Venture Crew Training

• Red River Gorge

May 3 - 4 - Philmont Crew COPE weekend

• Camp CRAIG - Dan Beard Council

Venture/Philmont Crew - Wayne National Forest

• Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area
• 16 Mile Backpacking Loop
• East of Portsmouth , 6 Miles North of Ironton on SR 93
• Picture of Saturday Night Campsite
• Picture of Lakeshore Trail

June 7 - Philmont/Venture Crew Training

• TBD

Saturday June 21 (9:00am) - Sunday June 22 (10:00am)

• Contingent Weekend Training - Shawnee State Forest
• Backpacking trails
• Philmont Bear Bag demo
• Cooking and Clean-up demo
• Equipment Shakedown

Philmont Daily Itinery

Saturday July 12

• Meet at Indianapolis Airport 8:00 am
• Fly to Colorado Springs - arrive early afternoon
• Tour Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs
• Tour I.S. Air Force Academy
• Check in Hotel
• Take over hotel pool
• Dinner and show Flying W Ranch

Sunday July 13

• Depart A.M. for Philmont (190 miles)
• Arrive at Philmont late morning
• Meet your ranger
• Finalize your itinerary
• Picture taken
• Medical recheck
• Issue equipment and food
• Store excess baggage and money
• Attend opening campfire

Monday July 14 - Wednesday July 23

• Hit the Trail

Thursday July 24

• Arrive back at the Philmont base camp
• Throw away your clothes
• Turn in equipment
• GET CLEAN
• Buy things at the Philmont trading post
• Attend closing campfire

Friday July 25

• Load busses and head for Colorado Springs
• Flight from Colorado Springs to Indianapolis

TREK Information:

• Trek Summaries for #24-27

 Below are trails maps and trail descriptions for our trek number 26.

(Best printed on a Color Printer)

• Map#26 - Desc#26

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